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Use of Interferon-Gamma Release Assay for Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening in Older Adults Exposed to Tuberculosis in a Nursing Home

✍ Scribed by Stamatis Katsenos; Melita Nikolopoulou; Constantina Gartzonika; Carmen Manda-Stachouli; Athena Gogali; Christodoula Grypaiou; Anestis Mavridis; Stavros H. Constantopoulos; George Daskalopoulos

Book ID: 109132656
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 79 KB
Volume: 59
Category: Article
ISSN: 0002-8614
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03367.x

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